The Com Guard task force was bedevilled with problems even before arriving in the Sol system, with the Com Guard Flagship, the Cameron-class battlecruiser CSV Invisible Truth, delayed from joining the operation due to sabotage, and various other ships such as the Potemkin-class cruiser CSV Vision of Truth also suffering attacks from saboteurs.[5] Other ships such as the Aegis-class CSV Swift Justice were at least partially suborned, firing on their companions before being disabled themselves,[5][6] and the operation was a massive defeat for ComStar, effectively neutering their forces during the early years of the Jihad.[4]

While the Blakist victory over the Com Guard in the Sol system was total, the Blakist fleet did take casualties; five Blakist WarShips were destroyed in action and not recovered, including the Herald of Wisdom. The Herald of Wisdom was the largest Blakist WarShip to be destroyed as a result of Case WHITE; the other WarShips destroyed were the Riga-class frigate WoBS White Devil, the Naga-class destroyer WoBS Enlightened Direction and the Pinto-class corvettes WoBS Gorgon and WoBS Syrstart. The loss of the Herald of Wisdom would be partly offset by the successful recovery of the former Com Guard AegisCSV Righteous Fury, which was salvaged, repaired and restored to operational duty as a part of the Blakist fleet after Case WHITE.[1]